Bailey Chase Luetgert (born May 1, 1972) is an American stage and television actor. Chase is known for his role as Cory Snyder in ''

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'', as Butch Ada in the television series '' Saving Grace'', as Graham Miller in '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', as Christopher "Chris" Robert Hughes (from 2003–05) in ''

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'', as Beckett 'Becks' Scott in ''

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'', as Sean Everett in ''

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'', and as Deputy Branch Connally in A&E's crime thriller, '' Longmire''. He starred in ''Summoned'', ''Tao of Surfing'', ''Sex, Death, & Bowling'', and ''No Beast So Fierce''.

Early life and education

Chase was born in

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. He spent time growing up between Barrington, Illinois and

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, and went to the

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. He attended Duke University on a full football

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, playing linebacker. He graduated in 1995 with a degree in psychology. Taking up acting as a career, he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, then moved to Los Angeles to work with the improv group,

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Career

Earlier in his career, he was sometimes credited as Bailey Luetgert. He was a series regular on

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's drama, '' Saving Grace'', in the role of Detective Butch Ada. Additional credits include '' Charmed'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Pacific Blue'', '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', and ''

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'', among others. In 2012, he was cast as Deputy Branch Connally, a foil to the lead, on the A&E western mystery series '' Longmire''. Following his departure from ''Longmire'', he appeared in 2016 on the

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fantasy-drama ''Grimm'' as Lucien Petrovich, leader of the Wesen uprising. He appeared in the fifth-season episodes "Eve of Destruction", "Key Move," and "Into The Schwarzwald". In September 2016, ''Deadline Hollywood'' announced that Chase had joined the cast of the

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TV series '' 24: Legacy'' as Thomas Locke, agent and head of field operations at CTU. The show aired on February 5, 2017 following the Super Bowl, prior to moving to a Monday-evening time slot. He joined the cast of

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series '' S.W.A.T'' in 2019.

Filmography

Film

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Television

Stage

* ''

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'' ''(as Antipholus of Syracuse)'' * ''

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'' * '' Picnic''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chase, Bailey American male television actors American male soap opera actors American male stage actors Male actors from Chicago Duke University Trinity College of Arts and Sciences alumni 1972 births 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors Living people